The Rochester area is expected to get 8-10 inches in a storm that started early Feb. 5, 2014. Pedestrians make their way along East Broad Street in downtown Rochester. TINA MACINTYRE-YEE staff photographer

Chuck Conway, of Hilton, uses a 4-wheeler with a plow attachment to clear his driveway following a heavy snow fall the evening before in Hilton Sunday morning, January 26, 2014. KRIS J. MURANTE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Ryan Cone of Victor takes a chilly walk on the pier at the Irondequoit Bay Small Boat Harbor as water from icy Lake Ontario sprays as it crashes into the pier. Cone said he worked on a fishing boat and misses the water so he came for a cold walk. ANNETTE LEIN staff photographer

Ice fishermen Joe Durda, left, and Dustin Weeks, right, head off the ice on Braddock Bay away from strong cold winds that they said were just a bit much for them. The men are both from Hartland, Niagara County, NY. ANNETTE LEIN staff photographer

Yawen Ding, 12, of Pittsford and Zofia Stefankovic, 11, of Brighton head to a smaller hill at Highland Park to sled down after the area received just over 10 inches of snow. TINA MACINTYRE-YEE staff photographer

Zach Mooney, 13, from left, Robbie Ashodian, 11, and Matt Wiza, 14, all of Greece, work as a team to clear snow from their neighborhood pond in preparation for a hockey game in Greece on Jan. 2, 2014. KRIS J. MURANTE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Allen Williams, left, director of special projects, and Tassie Demps, director of Human Resources, exit a bus on their return to City Hall after a tour of the city in Rochester. CARLOS ORTIZ staff photographer

This photo was taken from my kitchen window, looking out over the bay on a cold winter's day. You can see the geese huddling near the open water, and the ice fishing huts in the distance. Larry Weishaar

Emily Benedict helps her daughter, Mia, 4, put a nose on a snowman's face. The family, who were visiting from Philadelphia, PA, were at grandma's house on Rumson Road in Greece on Nov., 27, 2013. TINA MACINTYRE-YEE Staff photographer

Alex Bruno, 8, of Irondequoit, concentrates as he places the carrot nose on the snowman he made with his mom, Kelly Bruno, in front of the their home on Culver Road Nov. 27. ANNETTE LEIN staff photographer

The first snowfall of the season covers a giraffe, a previous Animals on Parade, outside Rochester Wealth Management Group LLC at 706 East Ave. in Rochester Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. Several inches of wet heavy snow fell throughout the region overnight. SHAWN DOWD staff photographer

It is "definitely cold" with a high of only 11 degrees expected during the day and temperatures dipping to around zero tonight, with wind chills dropping the temperature to below zero in some areas, said meteorologist Kirk Apffel of the National Weather Service in Buffalo.

A wind chill advisory will be in effect from 6 p.m. until 8 a.m. Tuesday for Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wayne and Wyoming counties.

Temperatures expected to plunge to -15 to -20 degrees in some areas of western New York, said Apffel.

The nation's capital was in the bull's-eye of a massive winter storm that barreled into the Mid-Atlantic Monday, forcing the federal government to shut down amid forecasts of up to a foot of snow in some areas.The harsh winter storm roared out of the Midwest late Sunday, driving the brunt of its wind, snow and ice into the Washington-Baltimore area.

The heaviest snow Monday will fall over the mountains of West Virginia to northern and central Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and southern New Jersey, said AccuWeather meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski.

Airlines nationally canceled nearly 2,300 flights Monday as the storm hit the East Coast. Airlines have canceled more than 87,000 domestic flights since Dec. 1, a record number.

Carriers are now much more likely to cancel flights at the first sign of bad weather. For instance, more than 550 flights to and from New York were canceled Monday, even though the city only got a light dusting of snow. Original forecasts had called for much higher snow totals.

Passengers on New York-based JetBlue were among the hardest hit, with the airline scrapping 23 percent of its flights, according to FlightAware. The overwhelming majority of JetBlue flights leave from Boston, New York or Washington D.C. making the airline especially prone to cancellations when a storm hits the Northeast. US Airways and the regional airlines it contracts with along the East Coast also had a high percent of cancellations.

2013-14 Snow Derby

Keeping track of this winter's snowfall totals in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.